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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening with Santa Sofia de la Piedad when Arcadio is taken away?

2. Where does Aureliano Jose begin to spend his evenings?

3. Who realizes he has no valid cause to fight?

4. Who is finally married?

5. What eventually prevents Rebeca's wedding indefinitely?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is so extraordinary about Jose Arcadio's anatomy, so much so that he gets the attention of many gypsies and even terrifies his own mother?

2. What does Colonel Aureliano Buendia begin to realize?

3. What does Colonel Aureliano Buendia do with his newfound solitude?

4. Where has Jose Arcadio been? And how can he be described?

5. How do Ursula and Jose Arcadio Buendia learn that Rebeca is related to them?

6. How many illegitimate sons does Colonel Aureliano Buendia have and why?

7. What other event prevents Rebeca and Pietro's wedding from happening?

8. What happens when Gerineldo Mbrquez disagrees with the decision of Colonel Aureliano Buendia?

9. The plague of Rebeca spreads across the town - who helps to save the people?

10. What horrible thing happens when Colonel Aureliano Buendia takes up a brief residence in Macondo again?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of the characters in this book take on lovers to help them with their loneliness, it seems. Describe the necessity of Pilar, Remedios the Beauty, Santa Sofia de la Piedad, and other women in the novel. What do they give to the lovers they take? What do these relationships take away from those who are in them?

Essay Topic 2

How does the banana factory affect the town? Give specific examples as to how the factory affects the town structure, the families, the women, the men, and the progress of Macondo.

Essay Topic 3

Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula do not want to consummate their marriage. Why not? Are their fears practical? Why do they choose to consummate their marriage anyway?

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